Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 85, has 2 malignant growths removed from a lung, the court announces.
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Partial government shutdown begins over Trump’s $5.7 billion demand for border wall
Funding for many federal agencies runs out as a bipartisan spending deal is scuttled by the showdown over funding for 215 miles of wall on the Mexico border.
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To lead Department of Labor, Mills picks someone who’s done it before
In addition to announcing Laura Fortman’s nomination to be Maine’s labor commissioner, Gov.-elect Janet Mills nominates John Rohde to lead the Workers’ Compensation Board.
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Collins tells Fox News about threats and harassment during Kavanaugh hearings
Maine’s Republican senator said ‘it was unlike anything I’ve ever seen in all the years that I have been privileged to serve in the Senate.’
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Defense secretary says he’s leaving, a day after Trump says troops will leave Syria
Jim Mattis says in his resignation letter that the president deserves a defense secretary who is ‘better aligned’ with his views.
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LePage repeats discredited claim that most drug dealers in Maine are minorities
The governor first made such a claim in 2016, but it was disproved by a Press Herald analysis of the governor’s three-ring binder of drug arrest press releases.
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LePage, calling ranked-choice voting ‘repugnant,’ hasn’t certified Golden’s win. But it may not matter.
Attorneys for Rep. Bruce Poliquin, Rep.-elect Jared Golden and Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap argue over whether Golden can be seated in Congress on Jan. 3.
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Mills wants turnpike official to change lanes and lead transportation department
Bruce Van Note, who has held top-level managerial positions at the state Department of Transportation, will oversee the agency if he is confirmed.
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Angus King joins 48 senators calling for president to condemn Texas judge’s ACA ruling
Republican Sen. Susan Collins did not sign the letter released Wednesday, but said she disagreed with the judge’s finding that the entire Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.
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Socialists seek official party status in Maine
The Socialist Party of Maine will need to enroll at least 5,000 voters in the party by January 2020 to become recognized as an official political party.